The indigenous peoples who lived on North America for centuries prior to European settlement.
Who were the Native Americans?
100
These laws, made by England, helped SLOW the growth of industry in New England.
What is Mercantilist Laws?
100
Very strict moral and ethical code is held by these early settlers.
What is Purtians?
100
The British East India Company was this type of company, owned by aristocrats, controlled commerce in many regions of the world.
What is a joint stock company
100
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine (demagogue), intended to ignite the passion of the people to call for independence.
What is Common Sense?
200
CCC's is the abbreviation for
What is civilizations, colonization, and conflict/cooperation?
200
The type of commerce that took place mainly in the southern part of the United States.
What is agriculture or plantations?
200
These colonists were not tolerant of other religions and colonists such as Roger Williams and Anne Hutchison were banned because of their differences in religious practice.
What were the Pilgrims and Puritans?
200
Boston Tea Part, the Intolerable Acts, the Sugar Act, and the Quebec Act were acts of this type of government.
What is tyranny?
200
You will find these words, "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," in this break-up letter to Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
The anomaly, "a peculiar institution," describes this
What is slavery?
300
In these colonies, the King of England appointed a governor and members of the legislature.
What is Royal Colonies
300
This system formed in the colonies and consisted of the aristocracy, middle class, lower class, and slaves.
What is the class system?
300
This legislative body met in 1774 to address how to respond to the Intolerable Acts and the Quebec Act.
What is the First Constitutional Convention?
300
Document that brought unity and forged a new political system and formed a central government, prior to the US Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
Religious freedom, prosperity, adventure, individual freedoms
What are the reasons colonists settled in North America?
400
This is where direct democracy developed in the colonies.
What is a town meeting?
400
A time when preachers preached with fervor, to large crowds, about grace, personal responsibility, and renewal. Hundreds converted to Christianity in the "Bible Belt," during this time.
What is the Great Awakening?
400
The Patriots and the British (and Loyalists) would engage in this type of warfare during the Revolutionary War.
What is guerilla?
500
A revolt, led by Nathaniel Bacon, in VA that took place when Governor Berkeley did not order a counter-attack on the Native Americans in the region.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
500
Known for his virtuous enlightened ideas, this man believed in temperance, silence, order, frugality, industry, sincerity, moderation...etc.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
This describes the first shot fired at Lexington, MA, during the American Revolution.
What is the shot heard 'round the world?
500
Within a government of Federalism there are three types of "powers" given to the states and the federal governments.
What are national, shared, and state powers?
Or what are delegated, concurrent, and reserved powers?